Blue bottle

[Joshparshey]

Found this in a pile of dirt this morning

 

[Dogo]

Are you asking a question? There are thousands of those small Bromoseltzers out there. The style was in use for many years and you have to look carefully to see small differences. Emerson Drug Co. even built their own glass works to make them. That was Maryland Glass, the M in a circle. They do come in several other sizes which are not as common and they all look good on the shelf

 

[hemihampton]

I was wondering the same thing?

 

[HillbillyMamma88]

I found a dozen or so of these blue Emerson bottles. How do you know which are the oldest? Very few have marks on the bottom. One has a 3 dot triangle. 3 have numbers.

 

[UnderMiner]

I found a dozen or so of these blue Emerson bottles. How do you know which are the oldest? Very few have marks on the bottom. One has a 3 dot triangle. 3 have numbers.

The older Bromo Seltzer bottles have tooled lips, easily distinguished by observing the seam line which does not extend all the way to the top of the bottle for these examples. The machined cork top version is probably the most common and dates to the 1920's and 30's. The tooled ones date to the 1910's and older. By the 1940's and 50's the bottles began using a different style of closure and the embossed lettering became very small and placed only on the very lower bottom half of the bottle.

 

[DeepSeaDan]

Underminerly well-explained!

 

[HillbillyMamma88]

The older Bromo Seltzer bottles have tooled lips, easily distinguished by observing the seam line which does not extend all the way to the top of the bottle for these examples. The machined cork top version is probably the most common and dates to the 1920's and 30's. The tooled ones date to the 1910's and older. By the 1940's and 50's the bottles began using a different style of closure and the embossed lettering became very small and placed only on the very lower bottom half of the bottle.

So helpful! And exciting!
I had no idea they were that old. Three of the larger bottles are tooled, so from the 1910s or older. And now that I separate them, I can see a slight difference in color.
THANK YOU!